HB 804 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws for lobbyist payment threshold

HB 804 revises laws concerning lobbying by increasing the payment threshold for lobbyists from $2,150 to $3,000, effective for calendar year 2025. This threshold affects individuals or organizations engaged in lobbying activities. The bill also modifies the process for how the commissioner adjusts this payment threshold to account for inflation. Going forward, these adjustments will occur following a general election each even-numbered year, based on the consumer price index.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

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MINOR
The bill text was corrected to remove a grammatical error where 'SECTION SECTIONS' was written instead of 'SECTIONS'. This is a technical correction that does not change the bill's policy, requirements, or scope.
TECHNICAL

Corrected a typographical error in the bill title and summary that repeated the word 'SECTION' unnecessarily.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 11, 2025 · House Apr 18, 2025

How they voted

3513
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 11, 2025
D Democratic18
9 Yea 8 Nay 1
50% Yea
R Republican32
26 Yea 5 Nay 1
81% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
42
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 8, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 18, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (56-42-2)
house
Apr 12, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Apr 11, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (35-13-2)
senate
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) State Administration
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Steve Fitzpatrick
Steve Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
MT
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